Frame for holding boots especially snowshoes



' June 16, 1931.

' J. WANDEL-ER 1,810,308

FRAME FOR HOLDING BOOTS ESPECIALLY SNOWSHOES Filed June. 10. 1929 Patented. June 116 1931:

osnr WANIDELER, OFLUGERNE, swrrznnrlann FRAME FOR HOLDING BOOTS ESPECIALLY snowsn'ons Application filed June 10,

Rooms are in winter much soiled by snow shoes owing, to the melting of the snow,- this being specially troublesome in hotels, restaurants and other lodgings for-sports- 5 men. The rooms get dirty even, when people entering the room remove the boots.

This invention relates to a frame for boots, specially for snow shoes, by which these inconveniences: are avoided, as. the

frame has means for supporting boots and means for collecting the snow water.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation,

. Fig, 2a top plan view,

Fig. 3 a side elevation and Fig. 4 avertical section.

Figs. 5 and 6 show in sideele'vation and top plan view respectively on larger scale a clamp of hard rubber for holding the boots in the frame.

The frame consists of uprights ,1 of wood or metal having each a foot 2 and connected by transverse bars 3. The rear wall of the frame is formed by a sheet metal box-4; In the frame severalwpartitions 6 inclined towards the rear wall 4 are fixed, this rear wall of the box 4 having horizontal slots -7 in its front wall at the points where the partitions 6 end, so that the snow water dropping from boots onto the corresponding partition can flow through the apertures 7 into the hollow. space 5 of the box-shaped rear wall 4.

Above each partition 6 two supporting bars 8 are arranged, the front supporting bar being situated at a higher point than the rear supporting bar. These supporting bars 8v serve tocarry the boots, as indi-' suspended inthe lower endof the frame,

cated in mixed lines in Fig, 3. Above each pair of supporting bars a holding bar 9 is fixedon which clamps 1O are'loo'sely mounted. The clamps consist each of two resilient arms 'hingedly connected at the upperendsorthat the spread clamp can be inserted into a boot and act like a boot-tree and f further for securely holding the boot in its position. The supporting bars 8 and the holding bars 9 are 1929. Serial No. 369,826.

fixed on vertical rods 11 fixed in the two transverse bars 3. On the lowertransverse bars 3 a collecting 'vessel 13 is suspended by means of eyes 12, and the box-shaped rear wall 4-has at its lower end an outflow 14 somewhat extending over, the col lecting vessel. The snow water from the. boots flows from the box-shaped rear wall 4 through the outflow 14 into the collecting vessel.

As shown in Figs. 5and 6 a clamp can be used for holding the boots, which consists of two arms 15 of hard rubber, controlled bya blade spring 16. The arm 15 of the clamp is fixed bymeans of pins 17 on a stud 18 which is fixed on the bar 9 by bolts 19.

Several rows of supporting bars 8 can evi dently be arranged in one frame, the

elements 6, 9 and 10 being provided for each rowseparately.

I claim: 1. A frame for boots especially snow shoes with elements for supporting the shoes and means for receiving, collecting and discharging the snow water therefrom, comprising a rear wall formed of a sheet metal box havinglongitudinal slots in its front wall, horizontal partitions, preferably of sheet metal fixed in said frame inclined towards the rearwall ending each in a horizontal slot, and supporting bars for the shoes above 'each horizontal partition.

. 2.1 A frame for boots especiallysnow shoes with elements for supporting the shoes and means for receiving, collecting and discharg:

ing the snow water therefrom, comprising in combination a box-shaped rear wall having slots in its front .wall through which i snow water from the, shoes flows in, a box having longitudinal slots in its front wall,

horizontal partitions, preferably of sheet metal fixed in said frame inclined towards the rear wall ending each in a horizontal slot, supporting bars for the shoes above 5 each horizontal partition, a holding bar over each pair of supporting bars, and spreadable clamps of hard rubber on said lbaolding bars adapted to be inserted into a oot. In testimony whereof I aifix my signa ture.

J OSEF WANDELER. 

